Game board



March 22, 1932. K. E. BREWER GAME BOARD Filed July 10, 1950 lnuen'lfiv":Kenneth'l Brewer.

By Qsrmv ygna Patented Mar. 22', I 1932, o

" TATES! P TENT;- OFFICE-if xnmm'rrr n BREWER or CHICAGO; rumors,ASSIGNOR To" .crms, A. BREWER, & sons,

or CHICAGO, rumors, A PARTNERSHIP com oser or NELSON c. name; 1

KENNETH E. BREwEn, nNn EVERETT 'R.

i GAME Application filed July 10,

This invention pertains to a class of amuse- .ment devices commonlyknown as game boards, and more particularly to a type of game boardgoing by the general designation ofa punch board. These punch boardscontain a plurality of sealed pockets or,cells,'similar to honey-comb,which cells contain folded or rolled slips of paper or the like, each ibearing a different number or legend and adapted-to be ejected from itscell by a pin or punch that slidably fits the cell. The slips maycontain questions relat- 7 ing to geography, history, popularscience,

current events, advertisingslogans, sports,

the Bible, literature, or a Wide range of other popular information. Akey or answer slip usually accompanies the board and contains answers tothe questions Written on the slips.

In one knownstructural form of these game boards, the body of the boardhas consisted of a stack of cardboard or pasteboard sheets of equalsizes, in all of which holes have been punchedin the'same relativepositions, the

boardsbeing superposed and pasted together with the registering holesforming the slip pockets or cells, sealing sheets being applied e to theopposite sides of the board to lock the slips in the pockets. In themanufacture of such boards, considerable difficulty "has beenexperiencedfdue to expansion and'contraction of the material used in thepunched sheets that are laminated together; unequal contraction andexpansion of the several sheets frequently resulting in throwing theholes thereof out of perfect-register; Furthermore, where the entirebody of the board is thus made of cardboard, pasteboard, or likematerial, the board, under varying moisture conditions oftheat-mosphere, will sometimes warp, thus rendering it difficult toeject the paper slips from the cells or pockets of the board.

7 The main object of thepresent invention has been to improve boards ofthis character in the way'of insuring accurate registration of'the holesof the superposed sheets so as to provide straight and uniform cells orpock-. ets. Another object has been to provide a construction which willprevent swelling,

' shrinking and warping ofthe board, and

BREWER give it a stronger and more rugged character.

Still another object is to provider a construction which will strengthenthe walls between the holes of the'board.

, With these objects in'view, I have designed the novel structure of thepresent, invention, the chiefnovel feature of which residesininterposing or interspersing among the per-fore ated, cardboard sheetsof thelaminated board I similarly perforated thin metal sheets, whichlatter are not subject to swelling and shrink ing under atmosphericconditions and the perforations of which havermarginal burrs countersunkinto the margins of the holes of each" underlying cardboard sheet andtend to maintainthe uniformity and integrity of the. cardboard sheets. tV The invention will be further explained in detailin connection/withthe accompanying drawings; illustrating the same, in which f Fig. l is-aperspective elevation of a game board embodying my presentinvention.

[Fig.2 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section through one row ofholes, illustrating the cardboard-metal laminated struc} ture.

Fig .3is a framentary view'illustrating. a'slight modification of, Fig.2. V

ig', 4 is a much enlarged detail view ofa' single metal and carboardsheet pasted together and showing an automatic locking feature. I

Referring to the drawings, A in Fig. 1 designates the game board as anentirety. Referring to Fig. 2, the body of'the board consists ofsuperposed sheet units, eachrunit consisting of a thin metalsheet 2 andan underlying cardboard sheet 3, the two sheets being pasted or gluedtogether; By means of 'a suitable punch, each sheet is formed withlongitudinal and transverse rowsof ,holes 4, g which latter, when thesheet units are super posed and adhered, form the slipv pockets or cells5 (Fig 1') extending entirelythroilgh the body of the board. The frontand back 7 sides of the board body are covered with im perforatethin-sealingssheets'tl. f In order to provide thefnecessary stock forthe formation in one edge of the boardiof a key, pocket, 1m

sheet tin is also satisfactory.

such as shown and described in Letters Patent to Chas. A. Brewer, No.1,309,349, July 8, 1919, I may apply to the back side of the board twoextra sheets of cardboard 3' lying on opposite sides of the rear sealingsheet 6, but this feature is immaterial to the present invention. 7

Instead ofbuilding the board up of alternating cardboard and metalsheets, as shown in Fig. 2, each sheet unit may consist, as. shown inFig. 3, of a thin metal sheet 7 and two cardboard sheets 8,respectively, adhered to the two sides of the metal sheet. This andglued together, said sheets formed with registering holes togetherforming pockets extending through said board, the holes 1n each metalsheet having marginal burs countersunk into the margins of the holes inthe underlying cardboard sheet thereby locking said sheets togetheredgewise, and sealing sheetscovering the ends of said pockets.

' KENNETH BREINER.

construction fulfils the-purposes ofthe in-" vention, and is slightlyless costly than that of Fig. "2 because of employing a lesser numberofmetal sheets in the structure. The metal which I have found bestsuited for the pur poses of the invention is aluminum, but thin 9designates a marginal binding for the board which may consist ofadhesive tape or a thick lacquer; but with this feature of the board,the present improvement is not concerned.

In preparing the sheet unit, which, as above stated, consists of a metalsheet and a cardboard sheet (Fig. 2), or a metal sheet interposedbetween two cardboard sheets (Fig. 3), the sheets are first pastedtogether face to face and then placed beneath the punching machine whichforms the holes. Referring to Fig. 4:, it will be seen that in thepunching operation I create an annular fin or bur 2 on the edge of theopening in the metal sheet, the purpose of this fin or bur, which sinksinto the underlying cardboard sheet, being to interlock the cardboardand metal sheets securely against displacement in an edgewise direction.This feature also assists in maintaining the perfect registration of theholes in the metal and cardboard sheets, thus contributing to theuniformity and smoothness of bore of the cell pockets, and also performsanother important function in stiffening and strengthening theintervening walls between the cell pockets.

By constructing the sheet units in the manner above described, I havefound that when assembling them to form the board, the registration ofthe holes is more perfect. than where cardboard orvpastebo-ard sheetsalone are used, and consequently the manufacturing operations aresimplified, and the board itself is a more perfect structure thanheretofore. Furthermore, the metal sheets interspersed throughout theboard prevent warping and also slight lateral displacements of adjacentsheets, which, in the laminated structures heretoforeknown, marredtheperfection of the cell pockets.

'I claim: g A laminated game board of the character described,comprising interspersed card boardand metal sheetsdisposed face to face

